1
_Friendly Measures_ 1

The Petition to the President of the United States (1899) 2
Commissions of Enquiry and The Hague Convention (1904) 3
The League of Nations (1919) 7
" " " " ( " ) 8
" " " " (1920) 9

SECTION 2
_Pacific Reprisals_ 9

The Blockade of the Menam (1893) 10
Pacific Blockade (1897) 11
The Venezuelan Controversy (1902) 13
The Venezuela Protocol (1903) 18
War and Reprisals (1908) 18

CHAPTER II
STEPS TOWARDS A WRITTEN LAW OF WAR 22

Count von Moltke on the Laws of Warfare (1881) 23
Professor Bluntschli's Reply to Count von Moltke (1881) 26
The United States Naval War Code (1901) 29
A Naval War Code (1902) 31

CHAPTER III

TERMINOLOGY 33

International Terminology (1918) 33

CHAPTER IV

CONVENTIONS AND LEGISLATION 36

Government Bills and International Conventions (1911) 36
The present Bill in Parliament (1914) 38
The Foreign Enlistment Bill (1912) 39

CHAPTER V

THE COMMENCEMENT OF WAR 41

SECTION 1
_Declaration of War_ 41

The Sinking of the _Kowshing_ (1894) 41

SECTION 2
_The Immediate Effects of the Outbreak of War_ 44

Foreign Soldiers in England (1909) 45
The Naval Prize Bill: Civil Disabilities of Enemy
Subjects (1911) 47
Enemy Ships in Port (1917) 49

CHAPTER VI

THE CONDUCT OF WARFARE 50

SECTION 1
_On the Open Sea_ 51

The Freedom of the Seas? (1917) 51

SECTION 2
_In Other Waters_ 51

The Suez Canal (1898) 51
" " " ( " ) 51
" " " ( " ) 53
" " " ( " ) 54
The Closing of the Dardanelles (1912) 55
" " " " " ( " ) 58

SECTION 3
_In a Special Danger Zone?_ 59

The German Threat (1915) 59

SECTION 4
_Aerial Warfare_ 61

The Debate on Aeronautics (1909) 61
The Aerial Navigation Act (1913) 63
Sovereignty over the Air (1913) 65
Attack from the Air: The Enforcement of International Law (1914) 66
" " " " The Rules of International Law (1914) 67

SECTION 5
_Submarines_ 69

Germany and the Hague (1914) 69
The "Pirates" (March 13, 1915) 70
Submarine Crews (March 22, 1915) 71
Mr. Wilson's Note (May 16, 1915) 72

SECTION 6
_Lawful Belligerents_ 73

Guerilla Warfare (1906)